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. >> reporter: there were nods to foreign policy, an official announcement of afghanistan troop withdrawals, 34,000 troops out by february 2014 effectively ending the afghanistan war. but in the end, while the economy took upmost of the debate and speech time, it is wounded in the hall who will be remembered. >> it's the end that we're going to remember because of the people in the room and the way he created that arc about give it a vote, i think that's what we'll remember most out of the speech. >> reporter: unless you live on twitter, where fist bumps, vice presidential glasses and water bottles are viral. for "nightline," i'm jim avila on capitol hill. >> thanks to jim avila for reporting on the state of the union address and the twitterverse as well. >>> just ahead, president obama said tonight that victims of gun violence deserve a vote. we meet the woman who emerged a hero in the fort hood massacre and says the president made her a promise he hasn't kept. ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission.
. >> reporter: there were nods to foreign policy, an official announcement of afghanistan troop withdrawals, 34,000 troops out by february 2014 effectively ending the afghanistan war. but in the end, while the economy took upmost of the debate and speech time, it is wounded in the hall who will be remembered. >> it's the end that we're going to remember because of the people in the room and the way he created that arc about give it a vote, i think that's what we'll remember most out...
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he told "foreign policy magazine," quote, we need to know what the president's conversations were. i would vote no on thursday to disclosure unless the information is provide. by tuesday, or almost every day of the week, he said the president has responded to his satisfaction. but he didn't vote for closure. here's his latest. watch. >> there are still questions outstanding. i believe that senators have the right to have those questions answered. the senators and i had questions today. but there are other questions. >> like can you give us a copy of every speech you every gave krks you give us a dollar-for-dollar assessment for every dollar you made? by ta way, if you don't, we're going to accuse you. and joy, by the way, you're younger than i am by many, many years. we went back and looked at the innuendo. i don't know what he's running for. people say attorney general. i don't know why he's -- >> yeah, he's not running for president because i think he was born in canada. you said earlier in your introduce, chris, that john mccain occasionally remember wlos he is. i'm starting to
he told "foreign policy magazine," quote, we need to know what the president's conversations were. i would vote no on thursday to disclosure unless the information is provide. by tuesday, or almost every day of the week, he said the president has responded to his satisfaction. but he didn't vote for closure. here's his latest. watch. >> there are still questions outstanding. i believe that senators have the right to have those questions answered. the senators and i had questions...
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look, barack obama beat mitt romney on foreign policy easily. this is not a guy who walks around in the way that democrats used to for all those years looking over his shoulder at this republican party that america trusts on national security. those days are gone. so i don't think he has the same fears that democrats did in the past. >> let's be frank. the public is very wary on the two wars we've waged. look at any polling numbers. they want them to end. i think that works obviously towards hagel's favor. >> john warner saved us from ollie north. maybe he can help hagel get in there. "weekly standard" editor bill kristol has been leading the charge against hagel. why is he doing this and why do people listen to his views on foreign policy? considering how wrong he was on iraq. good question. i think we know the answer. he's a charmer, he's brilliant, a great networker. anyway, let's watch him. >> whatever else you can say about this war, let me make one point, george bush is not fighting this like vietnam. we don't need to -- >> saddam may be.
look, barack obama beat mitt romney on foreign policy easily. this is not a guy who walks around in the way that democrats used to for all those years looking over his shoulder at this republican party that america trusts on national security. those days are gone. so i don't think he has the same fears that democrats did in the past. >> let's be frank. the public is very wary on the two wars we've waged. look at any polling numbers. they want them to end. i think that works obviously...
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it's not just about the foreign-policy debate which there are people who are trying to go towards the left militaristic vision of the cold war and towards the kind of center. it's also a real hard-line, right-wing outlet within the republican party that most clearly survived in robert taft's run for the presidency against eisenhower during the campaign. taft as we all know loses but he is an interesting conversation in which he says to eisenhower after congratulating him, that the theme that he once eisenhower to pursue is that liberty is being threatened by creeping socialism in every domestic field. that there is the kind of totalitarianism that is invading american politics and in fact eisenhower takes this language up much more than i think we really realize, this sort of hard right strip the new deal because the new deal is interchangeable with the version of socialism or totalitarianism. this becomes especially difficult, sort of hard-line language becomes especially difficult once nixon have to face up to the thing that gets him into trouble which is a problem we would put in t
it's not just about the foreign-policy debate which there are people who are trying to go towards the left militaristic vision of the cold war and towards the kind of center. it's also a real hard-line, right-wing outlet within the republican party that most clearly survived in robert taft's run for the presidency against eisenhower during the campaign. taft as we all know loses but he is an interesting conversation in which he says to eisenhower after congratulating him, that the theme that he...
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is our current foreign policy good for america? is our engagement or involvement in egypt, syria, pakistan, to ?ur benefit or detriment i think we must have the strongest military on earth. not because we are eager to use it, but because no one would ever dare to challenge us. i think reagan. it right when he said -- got it right when he said, as are the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is our highest aspiration. we will negotiate for it. we will sacrifice for it. but we will not surrender for it. now or ever. should not bee misunderstood, our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. when action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. we will maintain sufficient strength to avail if need be, knowing that if we do so we have the best chance of never having to use that strength. there is probably no clear or disposition of what it means to have peace through strength. -- country'sries sake, for our soldiers'sake for every veteran
is our current foreign policy good for america? is our engagement or involvement in egypt, syria, pakistan, to ?ur benefit or detriment i think we must have the strongest military on earth. not because we are eager to use it, but because no one would ever dare to challenge us. i think reagan. it right when he said -- got it right when he said, as are the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is our highest aspiration. we will negotiate for it....
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he's covered our modern foreign policy as well as a longtime correspondent for "the washington post," and now he aims to keep the lessons of world war ii alive for future generations. the new book is "the guns at last light," and rick atkinson joins me now. rick, great to have you here. >> thanks. >> congratulations on completing this. >> thank you. >> i want to ask you you about your approach to this, the idea of a trilogy about something that's been so chronicled. but you are not only drawn to an event, but undoubtedly to the characters involved. >> yeah. well, the characters drive it, don't they? the characters all have enormous feet of clay, but they're so compelling in part because they have feet of clay. yeah, i started this about 14 years ago thinking it would be a somewhat shorter project, but i've found it completely engrossing, mainly because i've been living with not only the people you know, like eisenhower and patten and omar bradley and bernard montgomery, but the people you don't know who have been lost to history or have slipped into obscurity, and i think part of the
he's covered our modern foreign policy as well as a longtime correspondent for "the washington post," and now he aims to keep the lessons of world war ii alive for future generations. the new book is "the guns at last light," and rick atkinson joins me now. rick, great to have you here. >> thanks. >> congratulations on completing this. >> thank you. >> i want to ask you you about your approach to this, the idea of a trilogy about something that's been...
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the two discussed their past rivalry, their current working relationship and american foreign policy. it was a public sign of solidarity between the two former rivals. yet that proved to be too much for the folks over at fox news. the "fox & friends" trio complained about the lack of real news, and attacked crawford for not digging deeper into clinton's health issues. >> the interview was awkward. they were giddy saying goodbye. and right at the top, steve kroft said they only gave us 30 minutes, which of course means there is not going to be any real news. and there wasn't. >> but if you give somebody 30 minutes, you could get real into it, especially steve kroft, who is usually awesome. but i think for some reason they didn't dig into anything at all. >> 30 minutes? come on. >> i would like to know, did she pass out and hit her head? was she pushed? how did she hit her head and get a concussion? >> and the whining didn't stop there. the network that served as the bush administration's head cheerleader is now taking issue with the questions asked of president obama and secretary clin
the two discussed their past rivalry, their current working relationship and american foreign policy. it was a public sign of solidarity between the two former rivals. yet that proved to be too much for the folks over at fox news. the "fox & friends" trio complained about the lack of real news, and attacked crawford for not digging deeper into clinton's health issues. >> the interview was awkward. they were giddy saying goodbye. and right at the top, steve kroft said they...
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i'm actually using the term not the way nixon will late year it to describe this foreign policy in the way that caufield describes him in the which isache novel, catcher in the rye, which documents a progression towards a nervous breakdown. richard nixon is undergoing a nervous breakdown during the story, thinking of himself in that sense of being mad, and all the connotations that term had, and he knows he is on the cusp of either making or breaking his national political career, the moment he rescues his career from that moment onwards. real noir feeling to the book. he is a nnoirish character and i wanted to tell a spence -- suspense story. there's a very tight internal structure the book. at it kind of a slice of history, looking at a moment. it starts with nixon's rise to national popularity, being put on the ticket during the spring of 1952. follows the conventions of the summer. these convention one of the hat set of conventions where things were actually determined at conventions. television is starting to take over conventions but there's actual serious decision making, and i
i'm actually using the term not the way nixon will late year it to describe this foreign policy in the way that caufield describes him in the which isache novel, catcher in the rye, which documents a progression towards a nervous breakdown. richard nixon is undergoing a nervous breakdown during the story, thinking of himself in that sense of being mad, and all the connotations that term had, and he knows he is on the cusp of either making or breaking his national political career, the moment he...
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is our current foreign policy good for america? is our engagement or involvement in egypt, syria, pakistan, to our benefit or detriment? i think we must have the strongest military on earth. not because we are eager to use it, but because no one would ever dare to challenge us. i think reagan. it right when he said -- got it right when he said, as are the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is our highest aspiration. we will negotiate for it. we will sacrifice for it. but we will not surrender for it. now or ever. our forbearance should not be misunderstood, our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. when action is required to preserve our national security we will act. we will maintain sufficient strength to avail if need be knowing that if we do so we have the best chance of never having to use that strength. there is probably no clear or disposition of what it means to have peace through strength. for our countries -- country's sake, for our sol
is our current foreign policy good for america? is our engagement or involvement in egypt, syria, pakistan, to our benefit or detriment? i think we must have the strongest military on earth. not because we are eager to use it, but because no one would ever dare to challenge us. i think reagan. it right when he said -- got it right when he said, as are the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is our highest aspiration. we will negotiate for...
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policy thinkers. and so i made that comment not too long ago, and someone said how could that be? why would the military guys be smarter? i said, well, if for no other reason, the same reason secretary gates gave the speech that he gave out in kansas on a lecture or series two months ago when he devoted his speech to the congress and the united states putting more resources in the state department, more resources in diplomacy, more resources in soft power. because he understands as secretary of defense or anyone who wears the uniform is burden is now on our soldiers. and we have overloaded the circuits. of we've asked our military to damn near do everything. well, we should never, ever put the military in that position. not only are they not capable of doing everything, they can't. they're human. and so consequently, we're seeing a great deterioration in the quality of our army and the marines, we're doing great damage to our fort structure. and i talk about that in the book. but soft power, how do we
policy thinkers. and so i made that comment not too long ago, and someone said how could that be? why would the military guys be smarter? i said, well, if for no other reason, the same reason secretary gates gave the speech that he gave out in kansas on a lecture or series two months ago when he devoted his speech to the congress and the united states putting more resources in the state department, more resources in diplomacy, more resources in soft power. because he understands as secretary of...
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another is that i think the republican party has to make clear what its foreign policy is. it has had two wars for the past 12 years, people are still settling in and thinking, the voters have said, we don't like that. we're not for that. the republican party has to make clear what it stands for and it is going to have a little bit of debate to get there. those two big things and the policies that spring from them will make all of the difference, so will an eventual compelling presidential candidate. somebody who is involved right now. at the end of the day, it's the candidates who resolve a lot of unresolved things by taking a stand and speaking forcefully for it. >> that was bill clinton after walter mondale lost it. after jimmy carter lost. we had a dynamic governor who was reformed minded and brought those issues into the national forefront. he really helped recharge the democratic party. you know, the republican party is out to lunch. i watched cpac, karl. karl was a former friend. >> i thought i was a current friend? >> you're always a friend, you owe me some chili. >
another is that i think the republican party has to make clear what its foreign policy is. it has had two wars for the past 12 years, people are still settling in and thinking, the voters have said, we don't like that. we're not for that. the republican party has to make clear what it stands for and it is going to have a little bit of debate to get there. those two big things and the policies that spring from them will make all of the difference, so will an eventual compelling presidential...
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you can watch this week's press pass conversation with vice president and director for foreign policy at the brookings institute, martin indyk, on some of the big bets president obama is making during his second term in foreign policy. >>> good monday morning for you on first look. coming up, democrats insist on a single bill and republicans insist they better change or risk further election. >>> a wave of unrest leaves more than 50 dead and a state of emergency in egypt over islamist policy. >>> ice storms and snow headed to the mideast. a possible breakthrough to help migraine sufferers. and the president obama on hillary clinton and the outlook for 2016. >> you guys in the press are incorrigible. i was literally inaugurated four days ago. and you're talking about elections four years from now. >>> it's nice to see you. i'm veronica de la cruz. this week, president obama puts immigration reform front and center on his agenda. on tuesday he will outline his overhaul in a major speech in las vegas, and even a bipartisan group of senators is on board to reform the system that impacts 1
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they can summarize no perceptive hagelian analysis of defense or foreign policy. >>> so, does hagel have a chance to be confirmed or is this going to be a fight that's picked and the president suffers a black eye. joining us now mike allen, welcome. >> good morning, mark. >> so why is the president picking this fight. hagel has a lot of opposition on the right. why does he want chuck hagel for the job? >> part of it now is a manhood thing. he can't be ruled second national security pick after susan was out there described as a presidential favorite, he went ahead and made a different choice for secretary of state going with john kerry. democrats are unhappy because of some of the gay comments, some of the democrats in the senate now didn't serve with him and so are on the fence. a top senate democratic official said to me, a path exists for him to be confirmed when you're with the president's party. but they say, he has a lot of explaining to do and the white house has a lot of work to do if republicans impose hagel enmasse. they can't count on the 51 democratic votes. >> this confirmati
they can summarize no perceptive hagelian analysis of defense or foreign policy. >>> so, does hagel have a chance to be confirmed or is this going to be a fight that's picked and the president suffers a black eye. joining us now mike allen, welcome. >> good morning, mark. >> so why is the president picking this fight. hagel has a lot of opposition on the right. why does he want chuck hagel for the job? >> part of it now is a manhood thing. he can't be ruled second...
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that's the foreign policy stuff and a lot of people, netanyahu is going to win that election tomorrow i bet they're looking hard at that tonight. >> greta: the thing i pick out and always the thing i pick out and sampled, is that he talks about helping the streets of detroit, and economically. and i thought to myself, well, you know, poverty in this country has grown over the last decade, including, including in his administration, is that the people in this country, the poor people still are left behind and we sort of always pay sort of political lip service and say how much we want to help them. as the improverished class grows, we aren't helped them and given them opportunity to help themselves. >> i was talking to dennis kucinich in the green room. what happened to detroit, it was a forge and furnace of world war ii, 2 million people there, it was freedom's forge or arthur herman's new book, my wife grew up there. and now it's 750, 800,000 people. and thinking of tearing down buildings and turning it into parks and think of what hiroshima was in 45 and detroit was in 45. and today
that's the foreign policy stuff and a lot of people, netanyahu is going to win that election tomorrow i bet they're looking hard at that tonight. >> greta: the thing i pick out and always the thing i pick out and sampled, is that he talks about helping the streets of detroit, and economically. and i thought to myself, well, you know, poverty in this country has grown over the last decade, including, including in his administration, is that the people in this country, the poor people still...
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foreign policy. the kentucky senator is considered by some as they potential 2016 residential candidate. he spoke for about a half an hour at the citadel. this is part of c-span's road to the white house 2016 coverage. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, thank you. i understand you guys have a big game on saturday. who is going to win? all right, all right. i'm glad to see there is no debate on that. it is an honor to be with you today at the citadel. i want to thank general rosa for inviting me and having me at the citadel. i went to knowledge the chairman of the board and cadet colonel colin hicks, resident -- regimental commander. on a more serious note, some of you may one day be called to defend your country. if you choose to serve, you will do it willingly, as a volunteer. our military is second to none, and our excellence stems from having professionals who serve voluntarily. since 1843, cadets like yourselves have been coming from the citadel and answering your nation's
foreign policy. the kentucky senator is considered by some as they potential 2016 residential candidate. he spoke for about a half an hour at the citadel. this is part of c-span's road to the white house 2016 coverage. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, thank you. i understand you guys have a big game on saturday. who is going to win? all right, all right. i'm glad to see there is no debate on that. it is an honor to be with you today at the citadel. i want to thank...
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eisenhower had a great interest in foreign policy. he was not really familiar what domestic policy. he had never really lived in this country. he was at west point, panama, and then the war. you give him credit to have wonderful instincts about war and peace. he knew when to go to war and why not to. xbox thank you for joining us. now for the latest gori in our big part dream series. it's just cut was born without arms due to a rare birth defect. if you think that's beaut her down, you can think again. she can do everything from flying a plane to playing a piano. she tells us how she has overcome adversity and what inspired her. >> my name is jessica. i live in tucson, arizona. i am a motivational speaker. i travel the country. situation of being born without arms requires a lot of creativity. a lot of kids around me are climbing up the monkey bars or climbing up the slide. for me, i felt somewhat frustrated. i was prevented from that. i wanted to climb up that slide just like the other kids. flying overt i was the playground and being superwoman. i realized that i needed to adapt.
eisenhower had a great interest in foreign policy. he was not really familiar what domestic policy. he had never really lived in this country. he was at west point, panama, and then the war. you give him credit to have wonderful instincts about war and peace. he knew when to go to war and why not to. xbox thank you for joining us. now for the latest gori in our big part dream series. it's just cut was born without arms due to a rare birth defect. if you think that's beaut her down, you can...
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and it has also made me understand the weaknesses in america's foreign policy. including this in the world, where that's history, what it really means is that it is irrelevant. but in some areas it is not irrelevant. history illustrates his part for the future. >> guest: let's hope that people will read this. especially people who would like to talk about this. for anyone who wants to know more about the history of u.s. and pakistani relationship. i cannot think of a better person to tell that history and someone who has served as the ambassador here. and so i thank you very much for discussing this. it's a wonderful book and i heartily recommend it to anyone. >> host: thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by legislators and politicians and other similar with their material. it airs every weekend at 10:00 p.m. on saturday. ..
and it has also made me understand the weaknesses in america's foreign policy. including this in the world, where that's history, what it really means is that it is irrelevant. but in some areas it is not irrelevant. history illustrates his part for the future. >> guest: let's hope that people will read this. especially people who would like to talk about this. for anyone who wants to know more about the history of u.s. and pakistani relationship. i cannot think of a better person to tell...
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tom rex is a contributing editor for foreign policy magazine. he'se1 written twox$$(jjju about iraq and he just wrote this -- work with congress and work with the militarye1 to reshape the military to make it relevant fore1qi) t hagel appears to lack thefá intellectual appetiteÑiq to doñrñr the latter. those are verye1 strong words. gr+zu think chuck haggel has been the pentagon? >> my information is evene1q thoughxd i'm a conservative republic to give the president who ist( nnt his -- politically i don't agree with much of anythingqçó in a john g!i +t5ye1. >> i'm forzúditing the pentagon. i think there is ways for it to be found.xd i know you a solee1yme1i] they may have provided financing and i think he needs to reveal that. i'mñ" one that says, yes, iu- need more information about making aá.", final decision. >> do you thinkxd john mccain can filibuster --p, he is in his project in the the the -- the only way to get the information is toe1 threat them to ai] high standard of with he's- essentially sayingteák hat you would very to qm
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today, the focus is on the foreign policy team. tahman bradley is watching the ever-changing lineup and joins us from washington with more. hi, tahman. >> reporter: hey, rob and sunny. clinton is out, kerry is in. and chuck hagel, a republican, who you would think would be a bipartisan pick is under furnd. john kerry takes over today. will hillary clinton run for president. >> i don't know how else to say it but i'm going get back into my life again. this is going to be new for me. i don't know how i'm going to react to it, to be honest. >> reporter: senator kerry takes over. president obama's choice to run the pentagon is a different story. former senator chuck hagel, a vietnam veteran, took heavy fire from his own party. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in the country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things. >> you refuse to answer that question. >> reporter: he was hammered by gop se
today, the focus is on the foreign policy team. tahman bradley is watching the ever-changing lineup and joins us from washington with more. hi, tahman. >> reporter: hey, rob and sunny. clinton is out, kerry is in. and chuck hagel, a republican, who you would think would be a bipartisan pick is under furnd. john kerry takes over today. will hillary clinton run for president. >> i don't know how else to say it but i'm going get back into my life again. this is going to be new for me....
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. >> you know, yesterday the president didn't touch on foreign policy very much in his inauguration speech, but he did a little bit. i just wanted to play you a part of what he said. here's the president. >> we, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. our brave men and women in uniform tempered by the flames of battle are unmatched in skill and courage. our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for liberty. the knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm. >> senator, obviously few would disagree with what he said there. it's pretty basic, eloquently said, as much of what he says is. but with three americans dead in a terror attack in 48 hours before he was speaking, would it have made sense to perhaps mention that? >> well, erin, i'm not going to parse with you exactly what the president said in his inaugural address. his second inaugural address. i will simply comment that i just returned on sunday from a visit to egypt, afghanista
. >> you know, yesterday the president didn't touch on foreign policy very much in his inauguration speech, but he did a little bit. i just wanted to play you a part of what he said. here's the president. >> we, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. our brave men and women in uniform tempered by the flames of battle are unmatched in skill and courage. our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well...
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foreign policy that's right thirty eight years ago saigon capital city of south vietnam fell to north vietnamese forces affectively marking and a decade long vietnam war the war in vietnam was more than just a quagmire it was one of the deadliest mistakes ever initiated by the us one that continues to haunt and affect millions of people so let's rewind just a little bit and draw some parallels so we can better understand why history repeats itself over and over again similar to the war on terror now in one thousand fifty four the climate of the cold war gave fodder to the world powers to embark on their new home goals this divided the world between communism and not the separation was especially evident in vietnam a country that was split to the communist north and the self originally planned as a temporary solution for the withdrawal of french troops from the country the international community promised to reuse five vietnam through elections scheduled for nine hundred fifty six the us however fearing the country would become all communist only allowed elections in south vietnam to o
foreign policy that's right thirty eight years ago saigon capital city of south vietnam fell to north vietnamese forces affectively marking and a decade long vietnam war the war in vietnam was more than just a quagmire it was one of the deadliest mistakes ever initiated by the us one that continues to haunt and affect millions of people so let's rewind just a little bit and draw some parallels so we can better understand why history repeats itself over and over again similar to the war on...
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today, the focus is on the foreign policy team. tahman bradley is watching the ever-changing lineup and joins us from washington with more. hi, tahman. >> reporter: hey, rob and sunny. a lot of action with president obama's cabinet. kerry is in at state, clinton is out. and chuck hagel, a republican, who you would think would be hailed as a bipartisan pick, is under fire. senator john kerry takes the oath of office today as secretary of state, replacing hillary clinton who heads off to retirement with a big question still lingering, will she run for president? >> i don't know how else to say it but i'm going get back into my life again. this is going to be new for me. i don't know how i'm going to react to it, to be honest. >> reporter: senator kerry takes over after cruising through confirmation in the senate. president obama's choice to run the pentagon is a different story. former senator chuck hagel, a vietnam veteran, took heavy fire from members of his own party for his opposition to the 2007 troop surge in iraq. >> were you
today, the focus is on the foreign policy team. tahman bradley is watching the ever-changing lineup and joins us from washington with more. hi, tahman. >> reporter: hey, rob and sunny. a lot of action with president obama's cabinet. kerry is in at state, clinton is out. and chuck hagel, a republican, who you would think would be hailed as a bipartisan pick, is under fire. senator john kerry takes the oath of office today as secretary of state, replacing hillary clinton who heads off to...
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and security policy not about the cia if you don't like what the u.s. government is doing that isn't about what the cia is and that problem would not go away if you abolish the cia if you don't like the american drone strike that's a different critique that's one is one which has been democratically the u.s. has just had in the election where that issue was not raised by any major party within the american public so i assume that that's a real democratic and a real tragedy as an it that's a real tragedy well you may not like to hear it and i understand the pretty unusual i don't know not unusual jacob jump in go ahead but you mean. that if you leave this going wrong you're you should be objecting to the american democratic process and the views of the american electorate jacob go ahead shouldn't you that's right i think he's got an absolute i agree with alan to want that really what. what ought to be debated here in the united states is the whole edifice of the national security state the giant military empire the military industrial complex president e
and security policy not about the cia if you don't like what the u.s. government is doing that isn't about what the cia is and that problem would not go away if you abolish the cia if you don't like the american drone strike that's a different critique that's one is one which has been democratically the u.s. has just had in the election where that issue was not raised by any major party within the american public so i assume that that's a real democratic and a real tragedy as an it that's a...
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we should look at them as the experts in foreign policy and military intervention. how long do you have to be and on how big a scale before we stop listening. i would like to hear about acid reflux, or home remedies for boils. when it comes to the wisdom of invading iraq, you have expired, all of you have. you had your time, you failed, it is over.failed. it is over. "first look" is up next. >>> good morning. it's the first day of spring. right now on "first look", obama makes his inaugural visit. >> new information about the explosion that killed our marines when a mortar ground exploded. >>> inside the sinister murder plot hatched by a central florida student. >> everybody stuck on a plane wanted to order a pizza. meet the group that did. >>> and what's that jumping out of the trunk of the car. president obama will arrive in israel has his first visit as commander in chief. it comes as peace plans remain elusive. nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander joins us live from jerusalem. peter, good morning. >> good morning to you. a beautiful day here in jer
we should look at them as the experts in foreign policy and military intervention. how long do you have to be and on how big a scale before we stop listening. i would like to hear about acid reflux, or home remedies for boils. when it comes to the wisdom of invading iraq, you have expired, all of you have. you had your time, you failed, it is over.failed. it is over. "first look" is up next. >>> good morning. it's the first day of spring. right now on "first look",...
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we must understand can of course was a foreign-policy realist. he is most known for conceptualizing containment because he understood what the soviets wanted. the genius of kennan was in the long-term what did he say? he said look we need to understand what the soviets, what is russia about and what did the soviets want and how do they think? unfortunately the united states was not that keen on getting involved in pakistan in the beginning and didn't have any pool of experts about pakistan and had few people who knew south asia but most of them were people who were enamored with gandhi and liked india and they actually found the idea of pakistan rather unrealistic. many of them compared it to pakistan compared to jefferson davis by some people in the american media but once pakistan was about to become a reality but british said to the americans that they should develop diplomatic relations. pakistani as you know they are very hospitable people. pakistan's problems were imminent. pakistan was about one third of british military but only one third
we must understand can of course was a foreign-policy realist. he is most known for conceptualizing containment because he understood what the soviets wanted. the genius of kennan was in the long-term what did he say? he said look we need to understand what the soviets, what is russia about and what did the soviets want and how do they think? unfortunately the united states was not that keen on getting involved in pakistan in the beginning and didn't have any pool of experts about pakistan and...
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but i want to come back and talk about foreign policy. hillary clinton in the hot seat this week talking about benghazi. and the threat that is ahead that she warned about, that as and the threat that is ahead that she warned about, that as ted koi've discovered gold. [ female announcer ] new roc® retinol correxion max. the power of roc® retinol is intensified with a serum. it's proven to be 4x better at smoothing lines and deep wrinkles than professional treatments. roc® max for maximum results. >>> with all due respect, the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or guys out for a walk one night who decided to go kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened, and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. >> a combative section of the hearing on benghazi on capitol hill this week. we're back with more of the roundtable. ted koppel, wider than just the benghazi investigation and the questions are about a region that's in fe
but i want to come back and talk about foreign policy. hillary clinton in the hot seat this week talking about benghazi. and the threat that is ahead that she warned about, that as and the threat that is ahead that she warned about, that as ted koi've discovered gold. [ female announcer ] new roc® retinol correxion max. the power of roc® retinol is intensified with a serum. it's proven to be 4x better at smoothing lines and deep wrinkles than professional treatments. roc® max for maximum...
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foreign policy that's right thirty eight years ago saigon capital city of south vietnam fell to north vietnamese forces affectively market and a decade long vietnam war the war in vietnam was more than just a quagmire it was one of the deadliest mistakes ever initiated by the us one that continues to haunt and affect millions of people so let's rewind just a little bit and draw some parallels so we can better understand why history repeats itself over and over again similar to the war on terror now in one thousand nine hundred four the climate of the cold war gave fodder to the world powers to embark on their new goals this divided the world between communism and not the separation was especially evident in vietnam a country that was split into the communist north in the self originally planned as a temporary solution for the withdrawal of french troops from the country the international community promised to re unify vietnam through elections scheduled for nine hundred fifty six the us however the country had become all communist only allowed elections in south vietnam to occur the m
foreign policy that's right thirty eight years ago saigon capital city of south vietnam fell to north vietnamese forces affectively market and a decade long vietnam war the war in vietnam was more than just a quagmire it was one of the deadliest mistakes ever initiated by the us one that continues to haunt and affect millions of people so let's rewind just a little bit and draw some parallels so we can better understand why history repeats itself over and over again similar to the war on terror...
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but i want to come back and talk about foreign policy. hillary clinton in the hot seat this week talking about benghazi. and the threat that is ahead that she warned about, that as and the threat that is ahead that she warned we're sittings on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology to protect our water. billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. d
but i want to come back and talk about foreign policy. hillary clinton in the hot seat this week talking about benghazi. and the threat that is ahead that she warned about, that as and the threat that is ahead that she warned we're sittings on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology...
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were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam"? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge -- >> are you answering the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> i would like the answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things. >> well, let the record show you refused to answer that question. now please go ahead. >> well, if you would like me to explain why -- >> i actually would like an answer. yes or no? >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no. i think it's far more complicated than that. >> senator mccain and a lot of republican washington is banking on the lesson learned from the iraq war, being that we should have started that war, we should have escalated that war, we should have kept that war going, and now ten years on our only regret about the iraq war should be that we're
were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam"? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge -- >> are you answering the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> i would like the answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >>...
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as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> well, there you have it. joy, your thoughts. you're younger, you've been through it, you lived through it in school. mccain is so angry. is it really about the surge? what is it? did they yell at each other in the cloak room? i'm trying to figure out the anger here. >> these guys both served as you said, chris, they were good friends in the arms and the senate. john mccain seems to be a man who's tormented hchl's tormented by the demons that have to do with the things he was denied. he was denied the presidency, so he couldn't stand george w. bush. he was denied it again and can't stand barack obama or anyone he nominates. in a way john mccain made the surge into the war as john mccain would have fought it as commander in chief and anyone who questions it gets the wrath of mccain. i watched that part of the hearing with colonel jack jacobs and patrick murphy, the former pennsylvania congressman who served in iraq. both o
as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> well, there you have it. joy, your thoughts. you're younger, you've been through it, you lived through it in school. mccain is so angry. is it really about the surge? what is it? did they yell at each other in the cloak room? i'm trying to figure out the anger here. >> these guys both served as you said, chris, they...
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foreign policy is a province really of the president. the secretary of state is the person who is his emissary and he is expected to direct the diplomats to carry it out. so that's point one. point 2 is, that she has worked very hard. she has traveled all over the place. set some record, some 112 countries. the list of achievements that can be attributed to her is not long and is not major. i mean, how well is the reset with russia worked out which she was very much involved in starting? how are things between arabs and israelis? closer to peace than before? how about iran? north carolina? their nuclear weapons programs. have they been retarded, held back, halted? no, i don't think so. so you look around for a clinton doctrine, has she articulated as kind of a foreign policy intellectual, a new way of thinking, a comprehensive doctrine for foreign policy or doctrine for any particular reason? i would say not. what about major treaties? has she engaged in negotiations that led to the signing of major treaties or any major treaty? the answ
foreign policy is a province really of the president. the secretary of state is the person who is his emissary and he is expected to direct the diplomats to carry it out. so that's point one. point 2 is, that she has worked very hard. she has traveled all over the place. set some record, some 112 countries. the list of achievements that can be attributed to her is not long and is not major. i mean, how well is the reset with russia worked out which she was very much involved in starting? how...
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ike was in charge of foreign policy. but it was useful to use dulles as the bad cop. so the famous massive retaliation speech in which dulles said if the soviets try anything, basically, we're going to nuke 'em or words to that effect, everybody thought that was dell lues' speech. we found out years later by looking in the speech files thattizen hour had written the -- that eisenhower had written the key paragraph. but he wanted dulles to give the speech. so it was useful for ike to use john foster dulles as sort of the heavy. now, dulles occasionally got a little too heavy and said things that were incendiary and problematic. more problematic for ike was alan dulles, john foster dulles' brother who was the head of cia. a relationship entirely too cozy. and alan dulles was a huge risk taker. and at first some of these risks seemed to work. the coups in guatemala and iran which today look horrible but at the time looked like a way to contain communism on the cheap. they looked like they worked, they were success. this sure is better than sending in whole armies to do t
ike was in charge of foreign policy. but it was useful to use dulles as the bad cop. so the famous massive retaliation speech in which dulles said if the soviets try anything, basically, we're going to nuke 'em or words to that effect, everybody thought that was dell lues' speech. we found out years later by looking in the speech files thattizen hour had written the -- that eisenhower had written the key paragraph. but he wanted dulles to give the speech. so it was useful for ike to use john...